Finally, we have a direct connection with people in Aleppo, Syria!!! Thousands of children, many of them newly orphaned, have fled the horrors of Aleppo. They are hungry, cold and terrified after months under siege and bombing. We can provide Syrian children and their families with warm clothes, food, and clean water. Please pay for items from their GOODdler wish list, and we will deliver them locally: http://gooddler.com/Wishlist/10141

More than 11 million Syrians — nearly half of the country’s population — have been displaced either within the country or to other nations.

Over 1.1 million Syrian children are refugees. Some were fortunate enough to be accompanied in flight by both parents. Many lost their fathers to the violence that has killed more than 250,000 Syrians since the fighting began in 2011. Still others are without any immediate family to look after them.

The plight of Syrians displaced by civil war grew worse in 2016 as the fighting in that country continued with no significant hope on the horizon for peace. As the year is drawing to a close, the stop and restart of the evacuation of civilians from the city of Aleppo this past weekend has best reflected the international community’s inability to end the fighting. Read more…

Humanitarian organizations and governments are desperately trying to address the needs of the vulnerable children — but much more needs to be done if we are to avert a catastrophe.

Children have access to protection because countries like Lebanon and Jordan have welcomed them.

The unwavering commitment of neighboring countries to tackle the monumental task of supporting hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugee children must be matched by international solidarity.

Love & Faith is a charity from Beirut, Lebanon, who is helping the orphans of war (Dar Al Awlad Orphanage, Lebanon).

GOODdler is a technology that dramatically improves a process of donating goods by individuals or corporations. It localizes the process by ensuring an active beneficiary participation, minimizing corruption and bureaucracy.

It puts transparency at the forefront by allowing individual and corporate donors to purchase specific goods for people in need, increasing opportunities for in-kind (goods) donations for civic and charitable organizations.

How it works: local NGOs are given a tool to create multiple wishlists with goods from international or local retailers. These lists can be customized to fit the needs. Items from these lists can be purchased by anyone in the world, and delivered to the intended recipients in the most efficient way. Gooddler goods, but to help local economies in the process.

We are really excited to be a part of the dialog. We strongly believe that at this time, it is not about what you want to give to the world poor, it is about what they want to receive. It is the time for Smart Philanthropy.

GOODdler offers an enterprise software to civic and charitable organizations anywhere in the world to collect and manage “in kind” (goods) donations. We provide technology to utilize local retailers to maximize an effectiveness of humanitarian aid and disaster relief efforts, solve resource distribution problem and expand outreach. We facilitate the continued flow of resources between donors and beneficiaries, improve the coherence of humanitarian response, ensure funding is used efficiently by partners, and strengthen public trust, increasing opportunities for ‘in kind’ (goods) contributions. It is a digital platform where private companies can see the vetted requirements of any humanitarian organization and connect to respond to them.

Gooddler is building humanitarian capacity through a multi-stakeholder collaborative process, including local and national governments, international organizations, national and international NGOs, donors, and local businesses and farmers.